The Iola register., 1887-09-16

eomsly load to carry, but angels Of God
will come out to watch, and the LORD
Almighty will give His messenger hosts .
charge, saying: "Look after that woman.
Canopy her with your wings and shelter
her from all harm;" and while you arc
seated in the house Of destitution and suf-
fering the little ones around the room vii
whisper: "Who il she? Amt she beauti-
ful!' and il you will listen right sharply
you will hear dripping down through the
leaky roof and rolling over the rotten
stairs the angels chant that shook Bsthle-
hem:
Glory to Gcd In the highest
And on earth peace, good will to men.
Can you tell me why Christian woman
going down among the haunts OF iniquity
on . Christian erraud never meets with
any iudignity? stood in the chapel OF
Helen Chambers. the daughter OF the
celebrated DR.. Chambers, in the most
abandoned part Of the city Of Edinburgh,
and said to her as I looked around upon
the fearful surroundings Of that place:
"Do you come here nights to hold q serv-
ice:" "Oh, yes" she said. "Can it be
possible that you never met with an in.
suit while performing this Christian
erraud:" "Never," she said, "never."
That young woman who has her father by
her side walking down the street, an
armed police at each corner, is not SO
we'll defended as that Christian woman
who goes forth on gospel work into the
haunts of iniquity carrying the
Bibles and bread. God, with the
red right arm OF This wrath
omnipotent would tear to peices any one
uo
smite him with lightnings. and drown
him with floods, and swallow him with
earthquakes, and damn him with eternal
Indignation. Some one said: IL dislike
verv much to see that Christian woman
teaching those bad boys in the mission
! school. am afraid to have her instruct
them" "So," said another man, 81 am
afraid, too" Said the first: 81 am afraid
they will use vile language before they
leave the place." "Ah," said the other
man, 81 am not afraid of that. What
am afraid CT is that, if any Of those boys
| should use bad word in that presence,
the other boys would tear him to pieces
and kill him on the spot" That woman is
| the best sheltered who is sheltered by the
Lord God Almighty, and you need never
fear going anywhere where God tells rs to
| go.
It seems as il tho Lord had ordained
woman for an especial work in the solicit
tation of charities. Backed up by barrels
in which there is no -four, and by st owes in
which there Is no fire, and by wardrobes in
which there are no clothes, woman is ire
| sistib!e; passing on her errand, God says
to her: "You go into that bank, or store,
or shop, and get the money" She goes in
and gets it. The man Is hard-flsted. but
she gets it. It is decreed from eternity
she should get IT. No need of your turn.
ing your back and pretending you don't
hear; you do hear. There is no need of
your saying you are begged to death
There is no need of your wasting youl
time, and you might as we'll submit first
as last. You had better right away take
down your check hook, mark the number
Of the check, fill up the blank, sign you
name, and hand 1t to her. There i:
no need of wasting tins. These
poor children on the back street have
been hungry long enough. That sicA
man must have some farina. That con
smnptive must have something to ease hi.
cough. l meet this delegate Of relief so
cie.v coming out of the store Of such Q
hard. listed man, and say: "Did you ge
the money!" "Of course" she says, g.
cot the money; that's what I went for
The Lord told me to 60 in and get it, ant
He never sends mo on a FOOLS errand."
Again have to tell you that II is WON
ans specific right to comfort under th'
stress Of dire disaster. She Is called thu
weaker vessel; but all profane as we'll a
sacred history attests that when the crisi
comes she is better prepared than man t.
meet the emergency. How often you hav'
seen a woman who seemed to be disciple
of frivolity and Incidence, who under on
} stroke Of calamity changed to heroine.
; Oh. what a great mistake those business
, men make who never tell their busines
troubles to their wives! There comes SOM
great loss to their store, or some OF thei
, companions in business play them sa'
, trick, and they carry the burden all alone
He is asked in the household again AM
, again, "What is the matter?" but he be
; lieves it a sort OF Christian duty to kee
all that trouble within his own soul. Oh
/ sir, your first duty was to tell your wifi
all about it. She, perhaps, might not hav
l disentangled your finances or extende
your credit, but she would have helpe
; YOU to bear misfortune. You have n
3 right to carry on one shoulder that whic
= ia intended for two. There are bushes
a men here whs know what mean. Ther
came a crisis in your affairs. You strut
s gled bravely and long, but after awhil
/ there came day when you said: "Her
Q shall have to STOP" an
s you called in your partner
n and you called in the most prom
Q inent men in your employ, and you said
Q 1--WE have got to stop" You left the stoI
: suddenly. You could hardly make u
a your mind to pass through the street an
|, over on the ferry-boat. You felt ever
d body would be looking at you, and blan
d ing you, and denouncing you. You hast
b ened home. You told your wife all abot
g the affair. What did she say: Did st
|. play the butterfly! Did she talk about tt
3 silks. and the ribbons, and the fashion:
IS No. She came up to the emergency. 81
% ouailsd not under the stroke. She helpe
% YOU to begin to plan right away. She
/. fered to 90 out of the comfortable hou!
q into q smaller one, and wear the old cloa
IL another winter. She was one who unde
l. stood your affairs without blaming 20
n You looked upon what you thought was
8. thin, weak woman's arm holding you vi
It but while you looked at that arm the
d came into the feeble muscles OF
K the strength Of the eternal God. \
v. chiding. No fretting. No telling y
S, about the beautiful house OF b
m father, from which you brought her, te
le twenty or thirty years ago. You sai'
es "Well, this is the happiest day Of my LII
y am glad have got from under ny bu
ID den. NV wife don't care, l don't care.'
!" At tho moment you were utterly e
i'd haustsd God sent Deborah to mcet t
% host of the Analekites and scatter the
at like chaff over the plain. There are som
IN times women who sit reading sentiment
be novels, and who wish that they had sor
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